Portion
[pɔʁˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Portion” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,924. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,924
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bestimmte Menge
Corpus desk
Index DE-portion · Portion · German
Portion · rank #8,924 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,924
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH press
Nearest frequency peer: press (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Portion”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Pole
Pole
91,080 corpus weight
- Pommes
Pommes
91,079 corpus weight
- Portion
Portion
91,077 corpus weight
- press
press
91,076 corpus weight
- Protagonist…
Protagonisten
91,075 corpus weight
- Präsidentin
Präsidentin
91,074 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Portion” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Portion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔʁˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Portion” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Portion (IPA [pɔʁˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,924 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Portion, with forms such as "oprtion", "poriton", and "porrtion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Porto", "Position", "Portionen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Portion, spelled P-O-R-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1bestimmte Menge
- 2Anteil, abgemessene Menge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Portion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir geben ihnen große Portionen mit.
„Ich kenne sehr viele krankenschwestern und krankenpfleger die in ihrem beruf mit sehr viel herzblut, geduld und einer großen portion empathie für patienten und deren angehörige arbeiten, oder es jeden tag aufs neue versuchen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oprtion
- poriton
- porrtion
- portino
- portionn
- portoin
- porttion
- potrion
- pportion
- protion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Portion - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Portion", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Portion". Here's where to go from here.
- "Portion" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Porto". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,924 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.